In the Trading Capital, Lafoes city, where the tournament is going to be held in the coliseum, poster for the tournament are being posted everywhere, the tournament are going to start three weeks from now and were inviting all the adventurers to compete.
The winner of the tournament will be given the title of Hero and will receive a large amount of money and praise from the King, the winner will also be allowed to form his own group and lead it to defeat the Demon King.
The group along with the hero will be treated with outmost generosity everywhere around the Kingdom and be promoted into Red Diamond Rank, the highest rank in the adventurer guild.
Many people were intrigued by the reward and word about the tournament spread like wild fire. At a bar on the Anglus City, A group of three people overheard the news.
"Did you hear that? It's a great opportunity to lets us be known, how about we join in" Hiroko said with excitement
Hiroko Yusha, A swordsman class that look up to the head captain of the royal knights Richard Ishin, Born in the Anglus City and currently at age 24, His rank is Indigo
"You just want the Second Princess to notice you, give up man, the people in the Diamond Spectrum are going to join, you are no match for those in the Blue and higher, those guys are in another dimension" Murakami said with a smirk
Murakami Takasashi, A Mage Class and Hiroko's Childhood friend, She is also born in the Anglus City and currently at age 24, Her rank is Gold
"Come on Murakami, don't crush our leader's dream, the princess are still not married so Hiroko still have a chance. if you are going to join then I'll join too, the price is large and if we win we will be rich and be the best of the country, Murakami can just sit in the crowd since she don't want to participate" Crocus said and drinks his beer
Crocus Vonhard, a Great Shielder Class and a fellow adventurer that became acquaintance and now part of Hiroko's small group, He is born in a small village called crossfield and currently at age 25, His rank is Violet
"Hmph!! You boys go and spar, it is what you like anyway" Murakami said with a pouting face
Hiroko stood up and went on the registration for the tournament, he entered their names in the tournament
"Hiroko Yusha, Okay! We are in! all good guys" Hiroko said with a smile
Murakami toss a mug at Hiroko and said, "Oi! Don't enter me without my permission!"
But it is too late, Hiroko already submitted the entry and Murakami are forced to join the tournament.
Murakami stood up and walk toward Hiroko, out of anger she bash Hiroko's head to a wall and shout, "Insensitive Idiot!"
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For the past 2 weeks Hiroko, Crocus, Murakami, start their travel to Lafoes City where the tournament will be held and start practicing their skill and magic on the way
Increasing their skills for the tournament, with the desire to win as fuel they train endlessly. Meanwhile in a cave inside the Forsaken Forest….
Shino is running away from a massive acidic reptilian, the acid that covers it skin is enough to melt the rock it touches, Shino can't fight it because his body will just melt and therefore running away from it
Shino is not using magic because he is trying to see if he can increase his agility with just running. After a long run, Shino has run out of stamina and just froze the reptilian using ˹Frozen Coffin˼ and pierce it with bunch of spikes using ˹Ground Spike˼
Shino huffing for air then said, "Looks like my agility is not going to increase anytime soon, I don't really feel my stamina increasing, I need to innovate through it before it became my greatest weakness"
Shino ponder for a long while and to the point his stomach rumbles from hunger
"UUgghh… thinking makes me hungry, if I'm not immortal I might die by just starving, well I did lose multiple limbs and head though" Shino said
Shino look at the reptilian and insane thoughts came to his head
"Are… are these monster edible? I mean it produces Acid that can melt through rock, doesn't that mean this thing's meat is poisonous or something?" Shino asked
Shino thinks long and hard, looking at it and just kept disagreeing with his thoughts
"Well most food that is poisonous, can be eating safely if you cook it really well, but still this thing acid are at least at pH level of 1" Shino said hesitantly
"AAHH!! Beggars can't be chooser, I'll just say damn and cook this guy to rare, and I can't die anyways so ITADAKIMASU!!" Shino said with a hesitant voice
Shino unfroze the dead reptile and said, "Time for Shino's cooking show, today's meal is an acidic reptile"
"First chop it into pieces and skin it" Shino said
Using ˹Thread Magic˼ Shino change the properties of his thread into a steel and cut the reptile into pieces and skin it
"Since the skin is full of acid we need to throw it away, next is to rinse it, remember to wash it carefully until does rock melting acid are gone" Shino said
Shino sprays the meat with water using ˹Water Jet˼,
"Now that you clean it, let's boil it for a few minutes, those acid might be stuck inside the meat so we are going to boil it out" Shino said
Shino then created a large basin using ˹Earth manipulation˼ where he put a water using ˹Water Jet˼ and throw the meat inside, Shino then use ˹Flare˼ to heat the basin
After a 10 minutes of boiling….
"Alright, now we boil the harmful stuff out of the meat lets cook it using fire, cook it until it is rare or whatever your liking is" Shino said
Shino cook the meat by fire using ˹Fire Breath˼ and after cooking it
"And we are done, rare reptilian mea…. Wait.. Who am I talking to all this time?" Shino confusedly said
Shino then start eating the meat and after a bite from the meat, his soul fled again to his body
"Of course it taste bad and I can feel my inside melting, how I miss fried chicken" Shino said as he cries over the food
Shino just throws the meat and continue moving forward, with a desire to go outside and eat some real food, Shino then came up with an idea
"Wait, If I fuse my body with Lightning does that make me move as fast as lightning?" Shino asked
Shino tries his theory and even came up with a name
"Now then since this is first time I guess I'll say a chant. Lightning Movement, I don't know the next, ˹Thunderous Sprint˼" Shino said
With a loud bang that echoed through the cave Shino is traversing the cave in Lightning Speed. The noise Shino created echoed to the outside and was heard by Hiroko from a far distance
"A Thunder? Maybe it is going to rain, I guess I'll call it a day, it's night time anyway and tomorrow we will reach the Lafoes City, better sleep" Hiroko said
Hiroko entered his tent and starts sleeping so they can get to the Lafoes City and prepare for the tournament that will one week from now.
˹Frozen Coffin˼: covers the target entire body in Ice; has medium mana consumption
˹Ground Spike˼: creates a spike from the ground in a direction where the caster's looking; low mana consumption
˹Water Jet˼: A burst of water in one direction enough to blow an opponent away; low mana consumption
˹Earth manipulation˼: can manipulate the ground in a certain radius; Bigger the radius higher the mana consumption
˹Fire Breath˼: Momentarily able to breath fire from the mouth; Medium mana consumption
˹Thunderous Sprint˼: temporarily increases the users Agility by 100 folds; Large Mana consumption with a risk of getting third degree burn